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1、VirginiaWoolf(1882-1941)isabrilliantwomanauthorintheEnglishliteraryfieldduringthe19thand20thcentury.Sheisthepioneeramongfeminismcritics.HerrepresentativeworkARoomofOne,sOwniswidelyconsidered“thefirstmoderntextoffeministcriticism.,Itisthefirsttoexposeandcriticizepatriarchyculture.Shecriticizestheinhi

2、bitionoffemalesfrompatriarchycultureandaffirmsthefemaleliteraturetraditionrejectedbypatriarchysociety,findingahistoricalsupportingpointforfemalewriting.Sheputsforwardtheideathatfemalesshouldtrytowritefromthedual-sexpointofviewwithoutneglectingtheirownsexfeatures,thusprovidingusgreatervaluethanthosef

3、eministcriticsexcludingmalewriters.Theninmypaper,Iwilltrytoanalyzethisworkfromthefollowingaspects:instructionofARoomofOne,sOwn,feministicthoughtsinARoomofOnesOwnandtheinfluenceofherfeministicthoughtsintheliteraryfield.Firstandforemost,ARoomofOnesOwnisbasedonaseriesoflecturesshedeliveredatNewnhamColl

4、egeandGirtonCollege,twowomenscollegesalCambridgeUniversityin1928.Itistheinspirationalsourceforthefundamentalqueriesofafemaleliterarytraditionandisalsomuchappreciatedin(hepresentpost-modernistorpost-feministtime.Inthisbooktherearesixchapters,ineachsectionVirginiaWoolfdiscussesthedifferentaspectsofthe

5、topic:womenandfiction.InchapteroneVirginiaWoolfpointsoutthatwesternhistorysofarhasbeenthehistoryofthepatriarchy,ahistoywrittenbymenaboutmenandformen.Asdaughters,wife,ormother,womenhavenoequalrightsandnoeconomicindependence.Inchaptertwo,thetopicismen,sanger.Thenarratorofthebook,goestotheBritishMuseum

6、tofindoutaseriesofquestions,suchas”whydidmendrinkwineandwomenwater?,andtheaunt,“MaryBatonleavesthenarratoralegacyof500poundsayear,andthislegacyhasitsspecialhints.Inchapterthree,thenarratordecidestoinvestigatewomeninElizabethanEngland,puzzledwhytherewerenowomenwritersinthatfertileliteraryperiod.Shebe

7、lievesthereisadeepconnectionbetweenlivingconditionsandwriting.Inchapterfour,thenarratormakesupastoryofJudithShakespeare,supposedlythesistertothegreatElizabethanplaywright.Judithisfullofadventurousspiritandrichimagination,butsheisnotsenttoschool,asherbrotheris,tolearngrammarandlogic.Finallyherbrother

8、goesto1.ondonandbecomesagreatdramatist,whileshediesandisburiedatcrossingroads.Actuallythestoryisaminiatureofthepatheticlifeofwomen,especiallywomenoftalentandambitionintheolddays.Inchapterfive,thenarratorthinksthatthefemalewriters,nowgivenabettereducation,nolongerneednovelsasameansofself-expression.S

9、heshowsthereadersanenormouschangeinthestateofwriting:anaveragefemalewriterisfinallyabletowritewithoutangerorhatred,withoutastiingawarenessofhergender,withastandard“feminine”sentenceasamodel.Inchaptersix,thenarratoropenswithastoryofamanandwomanmeetingonthestreetandsheputsforwardaterm:androgynousmind.

10、Also,ARoomofOne,sOwnisaclassicworkaboutfeministicthoughts.Fromthisbook,wecangeltoknowthethreemajorthoughtsofVirginiaWoolf:havingaroomofonesown,havingtheirownwayofwriting,havingtheirownvoiceandandrogyny.Firstly,WoolfthinksthatinthesocietyofpatriarchyduringtheViclorianperiod,womenhavebeenconfinedtothe

11、verylimitedsphereofdomesticlife,tobetrainedafterthetraditionalmodeloffemininity,andtoburythemselvesintheendlesstrivialhousework,withnomoney,norest,noprivatespace,andnochanceforself-realization.Forexample,JaneAustendidnothaveastudyofherown.sosheoftenfinishedherwritingssecretlyinacomerofthelivingroom.

12、Everytimewhensomeonewalkedintothelivingroom.shewouldhidehermanuscriptsimmediatelyasliterarywritingwasnotanhonorablecareerforwomen.Thus,Woolfmakesthemostfamousstatement:Awomanmusthavemoneyandaroomofherownifsheistowritefiction,and“thatitisnecessarytohavefivehundredayearandaroomwithalockonthedoorifyoua

13、retowritefictionorpoetry/,Besides,theroomitselfmeansnotonlyaspace;itisametaphoricalreferenceloastateofcompleteindependenceandfreedom,whereawomancanreturntoherrealself.Shecanfeel,think,andactasshelikeswithoutconsideringherownpositionandsex.Onlyinsuchastateofabsoluteindependenceandfreedomcanawomancrea

14、tereallygreatliterature.Secondly,inARoomofOne,sOwn,WoolfemploysthefirstnarratorTtocommunicatewiththeaudiencethetopic-womenandfiction.However,TinthisbookdoesnotrefertoVirginiaWoolf,buttoMary.“Mary”isnotaspecificindividual,butreferstodifferenttypesofwomen.Woolffabricatedanarrator,events,andplacesinord

15、ertodiscussthecreativetalentsoffemalewritingandexpressherownpointsofview.InWoolf,sday,ifawomanwantedtoexpressheropinions,shewouldfaceanumberofobstacles.Thus,afictionalnarratorisputintouse.Meanwhile,thisisalsoarevolttothepatriarchyofthesocietywherewomenhadalmostnoopportunitytoexpresstheiropinions.Thi

16、rdly,thedefinitionof“Androgyny”isoneoftheimportantthoughtsoffeminismandfeministiccriticism.Woolfdefinestheandrogynousnatureoftheperfecthumanmindastwooppositeandsexedpresidingpowersworkinginharmony.Shedescribestherelationinthefollowingsimplestatements:Inthenafsbrainthemanpredominatesoverthewomanandinthewomansbrainthewomanpredominatesovertheman.Thenormalandcomfortablestateofbeingisthatwhenthetwoliveinharmonytogether,spirituallyco-operating.Ifoneisaman,stillthewomanpartofhis